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1. Get your papers! 2. Find your new seat! 3. COPY THIS IN SCIENCE NOTEBOOK:
Crescent – the phases where the moon is less than half light.
Gibbous – the phases where the moon is more than half light
Waxing essentially means "growing" light
Waning means "shrinking“ light
Rhyme time – Waxing moons are growing bright, waning
moons have shrinking light!
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• The daily rise and fall of Earth’s waters on the shorelines
• Caused by the gravitational pull between the Earth, Moon, and Sun
Spring Tides
–Occur twice a month, when the Sun
and Moon are lined up
–This combined gravity creates the STRONGEST pull on the water
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All in a LINE
All in a LINE
The SUN, EARTH, and MOON are all in line!
Neap Tides
–Occur twice a month, when the Sun and Moon form right angles with Earth
–This combined gravity creates the WEAKEST pull on the water
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The SUN and Earth are in line but the MOON
is at a right angle!
• Is kept in orbit by Earth’s gravity
• Is visible ONLY because it reflects sunlight – DOES NOT generate its own light!
• No atmosphere = impacted by many meteoroids
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• As Earth revolves around the Sun (365 ¼ days), the Moon revolves around the Earth (28 days)
• The phase of the moon you see depends on how much of the sunlit side of the moon is facing Earth
What is today’s phase of the moon?
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Moon, Earth, and Sun as viewed from ABOVE our Solar System
Let’s make a moon spinner!
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Step 1 Draw arrows curving toward the left. This shows the direction the spinner turns!
Step 2 Cut out the circle by cutting along the dotted lines. CUT OUT ALL OF THE TRIANGLE!
Step 3 Write the word “WANING” on the left side and “WAXING” on the right side of your paper
Step 4 Draw a picture of the SUN at the bottom of the page (under the NEW MOON)
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Step 5 a. Push the brass brad
through the circle cutout
b. Push it through the moon phases sheet
c. Fold the straight pieces down
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Websites and Videos from the Presentation
1. http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/weather-and-climate/tides.htm (Study Jams – Tides)
2. http://stardate.org/nightsky/moon (StarDate – Moon Phases)
3. http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/solar-system/moon.htm (Study Jams – Moon)
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g2I0Q6JxvQ (Bill Nye – The Moon)